do we pay for air after a long water cut ?

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after a long water cut when you open the tap theres a lot of air that comes out

do we pay for that ?

does air cause the water meters internal spinning device to rotate ?
 
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icantchooseone said:
after a long water cut when you open the tap theres a lot of air that comes out

do we pay for that ?

does air cause the water meters internal spinning device to rotate ?
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Yes it does, every water meter I've played with and/or dismantled has registered air.

It is not an "internal spinning device" there are two designs in the market.
The volumetric rotating piston, and the impeller (the latter being not unlike a standard gas turbine)
 
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EmmanuelGoldstein said:
Yes it does, every water meter I've played with and/or dismantled has registered air.

It is not an "internal spinning device" there are two designs in the market.
The volumetric rotating piston, and the impeller (the latter being not unlike a standard gas turbine)
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thanks

so we can add paying COJ for air to paying for sunshine
 
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air can significantly affect a traditional mechanical water meter by causing it to spin too fast and register false, inflated water consumption
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It's not how it works.... speed is irrelevant.
It's about volume. The meter is designed to register volume of a fluid passing through it. Air is also a fluid, believe it or not.

Whether a given volume goes through the meter slow or fast, the reading will be the same.

Same BS argument as applied to electricity meters... the old "spinning too fast" argument by simple people.
 
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EmmanuelGoldstein said:
It's not how it works.... speed is irrelevant.
It's about volume. The meter is designed to register volume of a fluid passing through it. Air is also a fluid, believe it or not.

Whether a given volume goes through the meter slow or fast, the reading will be the same.

Same BS argument as applied to electricity meters... the old "spinning too fast" argument by simple people.
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You learn something every day. I did not know this and had to check the facts. Thank you for teaching me something new.
 
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EmmanuelGoldstein said:
It's not how it works.... speed is irrelevant.
It's about volume. The meter is designed to register volume of a fluid passing through it. Air is also a fluid, believe it or not.

Whether a given volume goes through the meter slow or fast, the reading will be the same.

Same BS argument as applied to electricity meters... the old "spinning too fast" argument by simple people.
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Yep, I once heard someone asking them if you drive your car faster from work to home does the kilometers between the two now increase, that seemed to have them understanding the logic for a moment before they decide to discard the understanding they just gained and keep arguing
 
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Lupus said:
Can't do that on the newer meter boxes, that's locked in the shroud can only turn it off at the incoming to your house
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They always do weird **** up there in the north don’t they.

All our new water meters have an easy hand operate stop tap fitted now.

Kind of negating the one on your side of the meter.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
They always do weird **** up there in the north don’t they.

All our new water meters have an easy hand operate stop tap fitted now.

Kind of negating the one on your side of the meter.
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That would be nice, but nope that's covered on our side.
 
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